- ch**** teeth, and the
potoroids have a
similar dental formula to
their larger relatives: In most respects, however, the
potoroids are
similar to small...
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greyish white below.
Their body was
similar in
shape to that of
other potoroids.
Their ears were
small and rounded,
muzzle fairly short, and ch****s notably...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
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event is a good
indication of maturity. The
postcranial skeleton of all
potoroids has
seven cervical, 13 thoracic, six lumbar, two sacral, and 22 caudal...
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larger than the
extant grey
kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). The
largest potoroid ever
recorded was Borungaboodie,
which was
nearly 30%
bigger than the largest...
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narrow lower mandible. The
dental formula of the
genus is the same as
other potoroid taxa: I3/1 C1/0 PM1/1 M4/4. Two
premolars in
juveniles are
replaced by...
- The
desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), also
called the buff-nosed rat-kangaroo,
plains rat-kangaroo or oola****a, is an
extinct small hopping...
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Phalangeroidea and
primitive macropodines.
These features discount all
potoroids from
being ancestors to the
macropodids on
these structural grounds. They...
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noticeable musky odour.
Dentition of the
species resembles that of the
extant potoroids, but for that family's
incisor formula of I3/1. The
dental formula of...
- Gilbert's
potoroo or
ngilkat (Potorous gilbertii) is Australia's most
endangered marsupial, the
rarest marsupial in the world, and one of the world's rarest...
